I'm not a fan of the band Van Halen, although I appreciate how good EVH is and VH I was supremely influential, but this is their best album... by far. If you like Extreme's III Sides album, which is also a classic, yet anti-commercial proggy turn to a formerly pop-metal band, give this a try. So it is no surprise this album, like that failed each band's prior fans. And the people who would like these albums have mostly never heard them.